Best Pool Floats for Instagram Selfies

If you have a pool, but don't Instagram a photo of yourself casually and candidly lounging on a pool float which your best friend took but you very elaborately art directed, did you even summer at all?

The answer is duh, obviously... but it seems that summer just isn't summer anymore without a proliferation of pool floats, uh, floating around the internet. What once was a simple rectangular raft for your great aunt to sun bathe on until she was crispy has evolved into emoji-shaped floaties just begging to be double-tapped. (Tanning is still a really bad idea — so be warned, Aunt Mildred!) Which design is right for your aesthetic? Well, that all depends on what you want your float to convey. Is this the summer of #AllRoseGoldEverything? Or are you all about #FreeTheNipple? What if you want to match your float to your bathing suit for maximum #SummerLewks?

We at Teen Vogue take these questions very seriously. I take these questions very seriously, and everyone else just indulges the mania. AS SUCH, I have taken it upon myself to determine which pool float is the best float. Please, kiss your pool noodles goodbye (they probably have snakes living in them anyway) and prepare for the most blissed-out pool time of your life. Just don't forget the SPF before you make like Modest Mouse and float on, alright?